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New: COD Cuvette Test

ST-COD
according
to ISO COD analysis now
Approved, practical, affordable:
ST-COD - conforming to ISO 15705

The advantages
Approved method: The HACH COD cuvette test is based on the
same principles as the reference method
Comparable results to the reference method
Simple, time-saving operation: All reagents are ready to use,
in the right amounts, in the cuvette
High level of operational safety as the test is a closed system
Environmental protection thanks to minimal use of chemicals
Quality made in Germany

Compact COD Measuring ranges + applications

The sum parameter chemical oxygen demand For industrial water, e.g. in the food, beverages and paper sectors
(COD) is a measure of the organic pollution 200-15,000 mg/l
of wastewater. It is the most frequently men- For industrial wastewater and inflows of municipal sewage treatment
tioned parameter in European legislation. It plants
serves as a planning assessment basis and is 0-1,000 mg/l (ST-COD)
used to monitor the degradation efficiency of 20-1,500 mg/l
wastewater plants. For outflows of industrial and municipal sewage treatment plants
With the Small Tube COD (ST-COD) HACH 0-150 mg/l (ST-COD)
offers the right COD solution with the exact 3-150 mg/l
ISO 15705 formulation. For sewage treatment plant outflows, surface water and other water
with low organic pollution:
Test procedure 1-40 mg/l

Pipette sample into cuvette Invert cuvettes carefully Heat cuvettes for 2 h at Evaluate cuvettes with
150 C photometer
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Information
COD Cuvette Test

The facts about the

COD test speak louder
than words!

Acceptance Environmental protection + safety

The decisive criterion for the use of alternative test methods is their From an ecological point of view the COD
comparability with the reference method. The graph below shows a cuvette test is far superior to the reference
comparison of the regular HACH cuvette test and the reference - method. The amount of environmentally
method based on analyses of 20 wastewater samples of municipal harmful chemicals it uses - especially potas-
and industrial origin. sium dichromate, sulphuric acid, silver and
Conclusion: The correlation between the results of both methods is mercury - is 90 % less than the reference
very good over the whole measuring range. cuvette (see the illustration above). The risk
to the user through direct contact with the
chemicals is largely excluded by the closed
analysis system.
1400

1200
Order information
HACH COD Cuvette Test [mg/l]

1000
Art. no. Measuring Range
800 24159-51 200-15,000 mg/l
600 21259-51 20-1,500 mg/l
400 21258-51 3-150 mg/l
200 24158-51* 1-40 mg/l
All tests with 25 analysis cuvettes/package
0 * Evaluation only with DR/2500 and DR/4000
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400
Reference method [mg/l]
ST-COD according to ISO 15705
HCT 190** 0-1,000 mg/l
HCT 191** 0-150 mg/l
All tests with 24 analysis cuvettes/package
** Evaluation with DR/2010, DR/2500, DR/2400 and DR/4000

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